As the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup playoffs loom, the race for the top individual plum intensifies.
Robert Bolick continues to lead the race for the Best Player of the Conference plum in the ongoing PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup.
The NLEX star kept pole position with 44.5 statistical points (SPs) with league-leading 27.4 points he laced with 5.6 rebounds and 7.0 assists.
This despite sitting out one game against San Miguel due to the birth of his son Zachary last April 28.
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But Bolick quickly returned to play inspired basketball, capping the elimination round with back-to-back huge games of 38 points in a loss against Rain or Shine and 25 in a rousing 76-72 win over Ginebra that gave the Road Warriors the sixth spot in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Terrafirma rookie Stephen Holt, who steered the Dyip franchise to only their second playoff appearance, is not far behind.
Holt has turned in all-around numbers day in and day out, averaging 21.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 2.5 steals for 41.5 SPs.
In Terrafirma's playoff-clinching win over NorthPort, he logged 18 points, including the and-one play that iced the game in the waning seconds, to go with eight rebounds, nine assists and four steals.
The top overall pick in the latest draft is also making a case for the Rookie of the Year award.
Meanwhile, June Mar Fajardo sits at third with 41.0 SPs behind averages of 16.0 points, 14.1 rebounds and 2.8 dimes in leading San Miguel to the summit with a league-best 10-1 record.
Rounding out the top five are Ginebra big man Christian Standhardinger (38.9 SPs) and San Miguel spitfire guard CJ Perez (38.7 SPs).